Agnieszka Kumorkiewicz-Jamro received a PhD in 2021 from AGH University of Science and Technology. She is a research and teaching assistant in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at Cracow University of Technology (Poland). Her main research interests rest in phytochemical analysis, chromatographic methods of the natural compounds separation, purification and identification. Her current work focuses on betalain pigments isolated from versatile plant sources.

Research projects

1) Project PRELUDIUM17 - UMO-2019/33/N/NZ9/01590

Project manager

Funding: The National Science Centre

Biological activity of betalains from Atriplex hortensis var. rubra - dietary significance of the alternative, edible source of dyes for designing new functional food

2020 - 2023

2) Project OPUS – UMO-2017/27/B/NZ9/02831

Investigator, PhD Student Scholarship

Funding: The National Science Centre

Studies on activity and stability of gomphrenin-based pigments in extracts of Basella alba L.

2018 - 2020

3) Project OPUS - UMO-2014/13/B/ST4/04854

Investigator

Funding: The National Science Centre

 Studies on mechanism of betacyanin pigments oxidation

2015 - 2018

Awards and achievements

1^st Degree Award in 20^th Professor Zbigniew Engel Competition for the best scientific paper, 2021

Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding young scientists, 2020

 Scholarship for researchers who conduct high-quality research and have impressive scientific achievements on an international scale.

Award of the Rector of Cracow University of Technology, 2018

in the category of the youngest first author of a scientific publication in the journal indicated in part A, current list of Ministry of Science and Higher Education.